Polaroid by Robert Rich. Marc and Sofia, Neville the Dog Photos courtesy of Marc Jacobs International.

In Marc by Sofia, a new A24 film that follows Marc Jacobs as he prepares for his paper doll inspired Fall/Winter 2024 show (which, dear reader, I was blessed to attend), there’s no line between friendship and filmmaking. In true Sofia Coppola form, the director embraces montage, collage, and music to tell the life story of a legendary fashion designer, who happens to be her long time friend. For some, snippets of Liza Minelli’s Cabaret didn’t make up for the softball questions directed toward Marc, but Coppola’s no journalist, and I’m more interested in aesthetics than ethics when it comes to fashion films. After all, a good runway show is just like a movie—a story that utilizes costume, set design, direction, performance, and sound to create a transcendent work of art. And Sofia, with her unrivaled talent for storytelling, achieved it all in this sanguine documentary. So what’s next for the Priscilla director? As she tells me over Zoom, it’s time to step back into her own imaginary world.

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SOFIA COPPOLA: Hi, how are you?

TAYLORE SCARABELLI: Good. Thanks for joining. Do you have a crazy day of back-to-back interviews?

COPPOLA: Just a couple this afternoon, and then I’m meeting Marc for a Q&A tonight.

SCARABELLI: Nice. I saw the movie a couple of weeks ago. It was cool to see how your aesthetic shone through, even though this was a new genre for you.

COPPOLA: That’s nice to hear.

SCARABELLI: I want to start by asking you how you prepared for this. Were there any documentaries that you watched in advance for inspiration? I know your mom was a documentary filmmaker as well.

COPPOLA: I didn’t watch anything, but the editor I worked with, Chad Sipkin, we’ve done short-format fashion films and stuff. So we’ve worked together in this kind of abstract collage style, and I thought if I’m going to do this, I’d want to do it with him. 

SCARABELLI: Right.

COPPOLA: I hadn’t watched it in a long time, but I was thinking of Bruce Weber’s film Chop Suey Club, which mixed interviews with Diana Vreeland and surfers. And it had a very free style, so I wanted to incorporate Marc’s references and train of thought and be free about it. I didn’t want to make a conventional talking-head documentary. I wanted it to feel like we were putting all these elements in a blender and making a collage—that felt like Marc.

Polaroid by Robert Rich. Marc and Sofia, Neville the Dog Photos courtesy of Marc Jacobs International.

SCARABELLI: I’m curious, because you obviously have been following Marc’s career and been friends for so long—did you feel like you had to go back and do some research beforehand? How did you prepare your questions?

COPPOLA: I thought about questions that I wanted to ask him, and then I asked Lynn Hirschberg, who’s a great interviewer, what questions I should ask. I didn’t do much research, but it was fun for me to revisit the collections that I loved over the years, and go over Juergen Teller’s photography. We also had a great team of young editors who were finding stuff online and bringing a new perspective, showing me things that I forgot about, like the X-Girl fashion show.

SCARABELLI: That’s so crazy that you forgot about that because practically every person I know has it on their mood board.

COPPOLA: Yeah. It was a long time ago. 

SCARABELLI: What was the most surprising thing that you learned about Marc throughout this process?

COPPOLA: I knew he was very detail-oriented—but to see the amount of time and detail that goes into the ten shades of beige-pink nail polish he’s choosing between for the runway models, that looks the same to anyone else. And I’m always surprised by how he finds his way as he goes, which was the same process I was doing with the documentary. He doesn’t have a plan at the beginning, it just evolves from trying things and seeing what they feel like. So it was cool to see his process and how relatable it is to any creative process.

SCARABELLI: Have you and Marc ever bounced ideas off each other in the past for your films and stuff? Because I feel like your films are so fashion, and his shows are so theatrical.

COPPOLA: No. It’s always a surprise what he’s doing. A lot of times I’ve visited him in the studio and I’ll see all these fabrics and colors and sketches, and I’ll get excited like, “Oh, I can’t wait to see the show.” And then I go to the show, and it’s totally different. 

SCARABELLI: Right.

Courtesy of Marc Jacobs.

COPPOLA: Another thing that was a surprise—I’ve never been backstage at his show. I’ve always been in the audience. So it was fun to see the excitement and him being nervous. 

SCARABELLI: Do you think there’s a connection between filmmaking and fashion shows?

COPPOLA: I think for anything creative, you go through the same process. There’s always a point when I’m making a film where it just looks like a big mess, and then somehow, magically, it comes together into something. We definitely had that during this. And I saw that same thing happening with Marc.

SCARABELLI: How did it feel working with a smaller crew?

COPPOLA: That was really fun, because the first day it was just me and my brother and a sound person. So it just felt like making a home movie. It takes the pressure off, and it feels personal and intimate.  And then sometimes when I would go back to shoot Marc, I would just have my own one little camera. It’s so different from having a big crew. It’s always fun to be stealthy. And I think people forget that there’s a camera there—it’s not like it looks like anything.

SCARABELLI: I’ve talked to a few people who’ve seen the film, and a couple of them complained to me that it wasn’t personal enough about his life and experience. What would you say to that?

COPPOLA: I think there are so many different ways to approach it, and I didn’t want it to be the typical or conventional way. I wanted it to capture an essence of him, or how I saw him. There are lots of those kinds of documentaries about other people. And I hope that it can just be a feeling of him—and then people can learn more about him if they want. They can look into it.

SCARABELLI: Well, to me, it seems like you achieved what you set out to do, and I found it really entertaining. Also, the music was great—how did you go about making selections for the film?

COPPOLA: We were trying to capture the era of the archival stuff we were looking at, and then just the energy. Chad, the editor, helped me a lot with just knowing my personality, and finding things that we liked and felt right. Some of it’s music from the actual show, and then there’s things like Beastie Boys—because it’s that era of New York. We were just trying to keep it energetic.

SCARABELLI: It must have been very nostalgic for you.

COPPOLA: Definitely. Revisiting that time and seeing pictures of Marc when I had first met him and Anna Sui, and then seeing the X-Girl show—that brought all those memories back that I’d totally forgotten about.  

Courtesy of A24

SCARABELLI: Would you do another documentary film after this?

COPPOLA:  I really enjoyed the process, so I am open to the idea of it, but now I want to do something more structured after having that experience. I missed creating an imaginary world. 

SCARABELLI: Can you tell me anything about your next feature?

COPPOLA: No, I’m just in the writing stage right now.

SCARABELLI: Okay, cool. Where do you write?

COPPOLA: I have a little office near my house where I was editing.

SCARABELLI: Are you super regimented day-to-day?

COPPOLA: No, I wish. I’m not very disciplined.

SCARABELLI: Okay, one last question: how do you decide when something’s right—that you’re going to pursue that story?

COPPOLA: When I can’t get it out of my mind—when it just keeps coming back in my head and I can’t ignore it—then I feel like I have to give it attention.

SCARABELLI: Cool. Okay, thank you so much for chatting with me.

COPPOLA: Nice talking to you.

SCARABELLI: Bye.

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Every March, the tennis world turns its collective attention to the coast of Florida for the Miami Open and this year, Club Lacoste is taking over. When they asked if our art director Jack Vhay wanted the chance to rub elbows with some of the top players on tour, he was game. Below, he takes us on a tour of one of the splashiest tournaments on the calendar, from the sands of The Miami Beach EDITION to the cyan courts of Hard Rock Stadium, plus a late night stop at Twist for good measure.

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DAY 1

I’m an hour-and-a–half late for the Lacoste party by the time my driver Enrique has safely deposited me at the entrance of The Miami Beach EDITION. Up until this point it’s been a full day of stress: flights delayed, then cancelled, then rebooked; but miraculously I’m where I need to be. 

I’m whisked away through the hotel and down to the beach. Like a gleaming, glossy dark green oasis under the overcast sky, a spotlit tennis court comes into view. The air is humid, the music is pumping, and I can immediately spot some of the world’s top tennis players dotted in the crowd: Venus Williams, Daniil Medvedev, Grigor Dimitrov, and Arthur Fils. Oh, yes. 

I push my way through the sea of polo shirt-adorned guests and grab a bubbly René Lacoste-inspired cocktail just as the main event is beginning. Tonight, the pros are joining forces with influencers to face-off in some heated doubles action. No pressure. 

If you’re brave enough to play with the pros, there’s a racket for you.

Not even Ollie can outshine the beacon that is the glowing Crocodile.

DAY 2

I wake up, not to the sound of my alarm, but to the noise coming from a photo shoot happening directly outside my window. I’m quoting the photographer when I say, “Fashion! Fashion! Fashion!” 

We gather at the EDITION for a fabulous lunch of tuna tartare, salad, pizza, and campanelle, but our hopes of seeing tennis that evening are being dissolved by the sheets of rain falling outside. 

My fears become real—all tennis sessions have been cancelled. To make ourselves feel better, a group of us go for food and slushies at Wet Willie’s on Ocean Drive before heading to Twist for a dance.

DAY 3

It’s my last day, and for the first time on this trip there’s sunshine and blue skies.

I’m one of the first to arrive at Club Lacoste, and I’m drawn immediately to the sprawling view of center court. It’s going to be a good day. The first match is Laura Siegemund of Germany dueling Alexandra Eala of the Philippines.

A little midday break with Bach.

As the next match gets going (Brazilian Joao Fonseca versus Hungarian Fábián Marozsán), the time comes for me to pry myself away from tennis and depart for New York. But before I do, I touch base with Ollie to talk Lacoste lore and last night’s off-the-record event. Until next time, Miami. 

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When Sean Baker finished Anora, he could have taken a breath. Instead, he flew to Penang, Malaysia, with an iPhone, a skeleton crew, and Michelle Yeoh and made Sandiwara, a short film for Han Chong’s self-portrait residency which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. Shot guerrilla-style in the streets and hawker markets of George Town, the movie follows Yeoh, who plays five different women—a hawker, a food critic, a waitress, a pink-haired vlogger, and a singer called Lady Orchid—each moving separately through the streets and food stalls of the city before converging at a neon-lit open-air food court. It’s s character study, proof that Baker’s instinct for finding real life inside real places survives the leap from indie cinema to fashion commission. Here, the two talk Penang, iPhones, and why sex comedy might be the next frontier.

BEN BARNA: Do you see this as your official follow up to Anora? Is it part of the Sean Baker filmography?

SEAN BAKER: Yes, officially it’s my follow-up to Anora in the sense that it’s the first project I’ve directed since finishing that film. Obviously it’s a short and not one of my features, so it lives in a slightly different category, but I absolutely consider it part of my filmography. For me, everything I direct is part of the same creative path, whether it’s a feature, a short, or something commissioned. It’s all practice in storytelling.

BARNA:  You play five different characters in 11 minutes. Which one was the hardest to find in such a short amount of time?
 

MICHELLE YEOH: Sean and Han made it very clear from the beginning that each woman had her own identity and place in Penang. My approach was to understand who they were, what they wanted, how they moved through their daily lives, and what mattered to them. The Hawker character was the hardest because when you don’t have dialogue, you can’t hide behind words, the final scene was emotional. And, The Vlogger was interesting as she was so far from who I am. I remember thinking, “Who on earth is this person?” And I did a lot of research to make sure I do it right. 

BARNA:  What was it like making a short? Was it easy in comparison to what you normally do? Was it liberating?

BAKER: I tend to put my full heart into everything I do, so the level of effort doesn’t really change whether it’s a feature or a short film. The scale might be smaller, but the creative investment is the same. At the same time, this project was for Han Chong and self-portrait, so there’s a different kind of pressure there. When someone invites you into their world and trusts you with their brand, you want to make sure you deliver something that makes them proud. So it’s liberating in some ways, but there’s also that responsibility.

BARNA: What was it like to work on a guerrilla set with a tiny crew after doing so many massive blockbusters lately?

YEOH: It felt like going back to the core of filmmaking. Simply capturing life as it unfolds. Shooting on an iPhone really showed how storytelling has become more accessible in this time of creators. Working with Sean, Sammy, Chris, and Alex in such an intimate setup, in real environments, it allows ideas to flow easily, bringing a kind of immediacy you don’t always get on larger productions.

BARNA:  Did you feel self-conscious at all about having to deliver a Sean Baker-feeling project for Self Portrait?

BAKER: Not really. I think the reason I was brought on was because Han likes my style and was interested in seeing what that perspective might look like applied to Penang. That actually makes things easier because it means I don’t have to second-guess my instincts. As long as I felt I had some understanding of the place and the environment we were working in, I knew I could approach it in the way I normally approach my films.

BARNA:  How did it feel to film in Penang, effectively in your own backyard?

YEOH: Penang felt familiar, but seeing it through Sean’s eyes made it feel new. Watching him work with his team, Sammy, Chris, and Alex was like being part of a masterclass in curiosity and observation. They approached the city with real openness, and that allowed its texture and life to come through naturally.

BARNA:  Sandiwara marks your return to the iPhone after Tangerine. Why did this specific story in Penang require a smartphone?

BAKER: There were very practical reasons. We had a two-day shoot and Michelle was playing five different characters, which meant we had to move extremely fast. A lot of the scenes take place out on the streets of Penang or in a busy, active food court, so we needed a setup that allowed us to be quick and relatively invisible. Shooting on a smartphone meant we could work with available light, move through real locations, and capture moments without shutting down the environment around us.

BARNA:  Which of the five characters’ outfits from self-portrait did you actually want to take home?

YEOH: Each outfit was so thoughtfully tied to the character wearing it that it’s hard to separate the clothes from the character. They really helped shape how each of them moved and existed in the world. I honestly couldn’t choose just one.

BARNA:  What does shooting on an iPhone give you that other cameras don’t or can’t?

BAKER: The biggest thing is freedom. You can shoot very discreetly, which is incredibly useful when you’re working in real locations with real people around. It also lets you get into tight spaces and move quickly without a large footprint. And there’s another aspect I like, which is that it removes a lot of the intimidation factor, especially if you’re working with people who aren’t professional actors. A smartphone camera feels familiar, so it can help create a more relaxed environment.

BARNA:  How do you balance the needs of a fashion brand with your desire to tell a story?

BAKER: For me it’s about making sure the designs are celebrated while still keeping story and character at the center. Han’s work is beautiful, so you want to give it the space to be seen. But I approached it as a short film first. If the audience is entertained and engaged with the narrative, then the fashion becomes part of the storytelling rather than feeling like an interruption.

BARNA:  What do you think the appeal is of seeing food on camera, and people eating on camera?

BAKER: It just works on a visceral level. Food is one of those universal experiences—everyone can relate to it. When you see something delicious being prepared or eaten on screen, it taps into the senses in a very direct way. It can make a scene feel more immediate and more alive.

BARNA:  You shot a vlogger segment within the film. Is that character a critique of how we consume content in 2026 or an embrace of it?

BAKER: It’s definitely timely. The vlogging culture is such a huge part of how people document and share their lives now. For us it was also just a fun opportunity for Michelle and me to lean into the humor of that format. It allowed the film to play a little bit with tone and perspective.

BARNA:  You’ve announced your next feature is a love letter to 1960s/70s Italian sex comedies. What draws you to that specific genre right now?

BAKER: I think it might be time to bring sex back to the screen in a way that’s playful and a little irreverent. Those Italian comedies had a sense of humor about sex that felt very human and very honest. They weren’t afraid to be silly or awkward about it, and that’s something I find appealing. There’s a lot of comedy in sexuality, and I think sometimes we forget that.

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All photos courtesy of Diya Joukani.

It’s 11:30 p.m. in Mumbai after a full day of Holi celebrations, and we’re asking Diya Joukani the obvious question: How exactly did the designer accidentally transform into the internet’s newest it girl? Joukani has recently gone viral for being “the cool girl in India,” sparking a wave of POV videos from people attempting to recreate her nonchalant walk. While grappling with newfound internet fame and roaming the streets of Mumbai, she spends most of her days designing for her streetwear brand DIYADIYA, where she morphs traditional Indian textile techniques with a masc street-style aesthetic. In this week’s installment of Search History, we caught up with Joukani to talk tractor riding, high-frequency music, and Fakemink.

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LUCIA BROWN: Hey Diya!

DIYA JOUKANI: Yooo Lucia wys.

BROWN: Welcome to Search History. Let’s get started! A/S/L?

JOUKANI: 25/F/Mumbai, India

BROWN: You make me want to book a trip to Mumbai asap. Where do the cool girls go in Mumbai?

JOUKANI: Pull up then! I be chillin in Bandra. I love Bandra.

BROWN: It’s nighttime there, right? What did you get up to today? Can you show us in pics?

JOUKANI: Today it was Holi in India! A festival that marks the start of summer. I was outside with my friends! Color and water fights all day, came home quickly showered, headed to the studio for a lil bit and then met up with another friend visiting from London.

BROWN: Gorggg! That looks lit—so it’s like a street party? Good music?

JOUKANI: The whole country turns into a giant festival, it’s a whole movie, best vibes ever. You already knowwwww, Bollywood, Baile, and hip-hop mixes all day.

BROWN: That’s sick. I’ll pull up, Holi 2027.

JOUKANI: Imma hold u to that!

BROWN: Song on repeat right now?

JOUKANI: “Nights” by Frank Ocean, obviously.

BROWN: Gotta stay on brand. F/M/K: “Nights” Frank Ocean, “Waves” Kanye, silence.

JOUKANI: F “Waves” by Kanye, “Marry Nights” by Frank Ocean, Kill silence.

BROWN: I second that. What does your TikTok FYP look like rn?

JOUKANI: It’s just flooded with people recreating my videos! I see all of you guys! Thank you for the love. Other than that, Aiyanna [@aiyannace] from NYC. She and Zohran really run NYC. And Wisdom’s spam page lol.

BROWN: Can you send us the last meme you screenshotted?

JOUKANI: I screenshotted this from a TikTok comment section earlier today. Does this count?

BROWN: 100 percent. Do you believe in manifestation?

JOUKANI: Of course! It’s Diya’s Duniyaaaa, I’ve been telling u guys.

BROWN: Period. I think I’m part witch sometimes, so I get it.

JOUKANI: It’s funny u asked [about manifestation] lol. [My recent search history] 

BROWN: “Aura farming”. Retweet. Since we’re here, describe your private browsing persona in 3 words.

JOUKANI: Very, very existential.

BROWN: Babe, you’re not alone. The world is falling apart, we need high-frequency 532 hz manifestation music playing on LOOP.

JOUKANI: 532 hz music, Frank Ocean and Fakemink, it’s all we need.

BROWN: Ok, switching gears a little here. Can you send us a selfie?

JOUKANI:

BROWN: Fire. I need those jeans. I’m checking the site every day for restock.

JOUKANI: Soon come !!!!

BROWN: What is your biggest inspo when designing?

JOUKANI: My city and my people, always.

BROWN: Who’s the dream to see in your designs?

JOUKANI: A$AP Rocky, Drake, Wisdom Kaye.

BROWN: Your hair is my hair inspo. Literally on my 2026 goals: “hair down to my ass.” Do you have any secret beauty hacks?

JOUKANI: You have to be pure-hearted , and then your hair will grow long.

BROWN: [In your videos] you’re always casually pulling up on a tractor or horse or something crazy. What’s your preferred mode of transportation?

JOUKANI: Mumbai is absolutely mental scenes on the streets every single day. But the rickshaw drivers be on GTA mode. You will never catch me sitting in traffic. I refuse. Time is money!

BROWN: Ok, last question. Soft launch or hard launch?

JOUKANI: Soft. Gotta keep them guessing u know.

BROWN: Never let them know your next move.

JOUKANI: Exactly.

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Lily Allen.

Went to Rome for the Valentino show. It was in Palazzo Barberini in Rome that I believe Mr. Valentino had many an event in. The show was great. Lily Allen performed at the after party, but before that she gave me a quick review of the collection.

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MEL OTTENBERG: What’s a slag?

LILY ALLEN: I don’t know, Lynette would be the best person to ask that question to, wouldn’t you Lynette?

LYNETTE NYLANDER: *Winks* Slag is a mindset. It’s a way of being.

ALLEN: It’s a community.

NYLANDER: It’s a community, and it’s global. You know if you’re in it. You don’t have to ask for an invitation.

OTTENBERG: Am I a slag?

ALLEN: [Laughs] Yes.

NYLANDER: Supremo. Yes.

OTTENBERG: Ok, cool. *Zooms into Lily’s outfit* Is this slag? Ok, Lily is wearing this custom look on our tour, and she has it on now. It’s very sensible.

ALLEN: [Laughs] It’s not really that sensible.

OTTENBERG: Lily, what did you think of the show? It was kind of amazing?

ALLEN: I thought it was major. The purple and the pink were major. The lace tops with all the sequins and the diamonds… I thought all the accessories were giving. And I liked the butterflies on the shoes. What else? The dual tones, with the like stitched in, belted situations were really cool. And the big shoulders…

OTTENBERG: Yeah.

ALLEN: We love a big shoulder. Honestly, I was kind of living for it all.

OTTENBERG: I was living for it all too. You know, the teal colored fur was good.

ALLEN: That was.

OTTENBERG: Any final thoughts, Lily Allen?

ALLEN: You know what, I did appreciate the extended seated silence at the end. It was like we were forced to sit there and gather our thoughts. Everyone was a little bit antsy, and I think Alessandro was like, “You guys just chill your beans and think about what you’ve seen.”  

Archie Madekwe.

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Ok so I just left the new Chanel FW26 show, Matthieu Blazy part four. It was all about the tweed suit for me. There were a million suits: rainbow, black, grey, neutrals, metallics. My favorite was a very conservative gray knee-length collarless suit. It felt exciting. There were some classic grey and burgundy bags that looked like they had been trashed and “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga was pumping. There was very little skin but it still felt light. Shirts were untucked. Oh, there was also a little apple bag but the best bags were those beat up ones. And then the finale was a super conservative and gorgeous black pants suit and a black gown with a big black camellia on a naked back. Maybe it’s time for lots of suit ordering.

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Alex Consani.

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Sam Levinson, Chloe Cherry.

Getting into the Balenciaga show is like Fort Knox drama but it’s kind of exciting. There were screaming security guards, screaming guests, it was like a scene out of a movie. Inside I was sat with the Sam Levinson crowd—his wife, Ashley Lent Levinson, who I hadn’t seen forever, Anna Van Patten, Adewale [Akinnuoye-Agbaje], and all these people who are in season three of Euphoria. I caught up with Chloe Cherry, stared at Winona Ryder from across the room. Then the show happened and we got hit with a preview of season 3 Euphoria and some very Sam Levinson-coded music. The collection was inspired by the show, they had cast members printed on sweaters (I want to know who that person with the shell hair is), and Sam was wearing a hat with Chloe’s lips on it. There was a little green beaded mini dress with a three-quarter sleeve that was my Edie Sedgwick fav from the show, and the glossy red leather ’80s jacket that sort of reminds me of my mom back then—those were my two favorite looks.

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Hudson Williams.

Sephira Street, Stella Lucia, Morgan Maher

Winona Ryder.

Harris Dickinson.

Josh Hutcherson.

Chloe Cherry and Rachel Sennott.

Hudson Williams and Jordan Firstman.

Anna Van Patten.

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Mel Ottenberg and Natasha Lyonne.

Oh look it’s Audrey Hobert jestermaxxing in a chic little suit and jazzy oxfords. The internet’s new favorite pop darling is here in Paris for her first fashion show, Celine FW26. What a chic one to pop your cherry for. Michael Rider’s Celine has quickly become an industry favorite for his cool, modern approach to classics. Everyone in the front row looked chic and none of them looked foolish, which is a feat. Naomi Watts. Dan Levy. Natasha Lyonne. Sarah Paulson. Chateau Marmont king Andre Balasz was chatting with Gus Van Sant front row. We caught up after the show to talk about how much we loved those clothes.

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DARA: Celine’s show was really, really, really, fab. I really love Celine.

MEL OTTENBERG: Let’s be real. Celine’s the show. I just want to say that Michael Rider and I are from the exact same neighborhood.

DARA: Whoa, cool.

Naomi Watts.

Dan Levy.

OTTENBERG: Anyway, he is like the thing.

DARA: I know. You have all these celebs there and they all look chic. None of them look like fools, and that’s really rare.

OTTENBERG: Last season I was sat with all the best American woman editors, and I could just see the look on all their faces and how excited everybody was to wear that stuff. And today we saw a show that was somehow 20 times better than the last one. I thought it was so tight.

DARA: It was tight.

OTTENBERG: The colors were so beautiful.

DARA: Yeah, it feels like there’s finally a new color. You know what I mean? Like all the red and fuchsia, and that pop of purple was so chic. The greens, the pop of leopard…

OTTENBERG: It was a great pop of leopard.

DARA: It’s still playful, but it had a seriousness.

OTTENBERG: Oh yeah, this red and pink–now, that’s a great color combination. And the red sunglasses. Look at how stunning that is.

DARA: That was my favorite look. It was incredible and just so surprising. What I really liked about that pink look was–there’s this amazing Celine collection from the Phoebe Philo era, which is this very sober collection and it has like wood print, and then a lot of navy with hair tucked into the turtleneck. Then there’s just one Pepto-Bismol pink outfit. It activates everything else. It has this electricity. You don’t have to have the whole collection all a crazy color, but to have one thing with all the other sober colors is really cool. It keeps your eye awake.

OTTENBERG: I’ve got to say, I’ve been looking for a double-breasted coat, and then it was right there in the midst of the show. I felt really seen. I want a power shoulder that’s not clown.

DARA: A power shoulder that’s not Uncle Fester.

OTTENBERG: A good, sharp shoulder.

Gus Van Sant.

Adwoa Aboah.

OTTENBERG: I also love them making fun of TikTok hair with these feathers.

DARA: Yeah, no feathers for the girls, just feathers for the boys.

OTTENBERG: What in the TikTok hellscape is that? It’s so cool.

DARA: It’s that TikTok mushroom hair.

OTTENBERG: Without a doubt. There’s also some fun stuff. I love the green, cropped, flared pant with the black coat.

DARA: With the little ZZ Oxford?

OTTENBERG: It’s like a little jazz shoe. I think it’s genuinely exciting and it really made me feel something. And with that, I’ve got to go, guys.

Sam Hine, Mel Ottenberg and Isaac Hindin Miller.

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Clark Gallagher wears Towel Casablanca.

OnlyFans superman Clark Gallagher drops his towel for our March 2026 issue. 

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Boxers and Sunglasses The Society Archive.

How often do you change your towels?

Every time.

When do you drop your towel?

Whenever I’m asked.

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Grooming: Timothy Aylward using 111SKIN at The Wall Group. 

Photo Assistant: David Gurzhiev.

Fashion Assistant: Jack Lumsden.

Production Director: Alexandra Weiss.

Photography Producer: Georgia Ford.

On-set Production: Tashi Bhutia and Xavier Codie Robinson.

Production Assistants: Ha Chu and Isaac James.

Location: Hudson River Tennis Club.

Special Thanks: Smashbox Studios and Alexa Cohen Bicknese at ACB Creative. 

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Sarah Pidgeon, Mel Ottenberg, and Hari Nef.

It’s Friday morning. We’re in Paris and we’re on a highway to a chateau for the Loewe Fall 2026 runway show. This is Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez’s sophomore show and we’re curious to see how they’ll follow up their debut last season. It’s gloomy outside but in here the floors are sunshine yellow. Wake it up!

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DARA: We’re driving back into the city from Loewe because it’s really far away in a castle as it always is. And inside the castle, there were giant stuffed sculptures of plushy animals, whales, scallops, et cetera.

MEL OTTENBERG: I just broke up a friendship over the giant octopus. I would love to own it. More importantly, I loved the show.

DARA: Yeah, the show had really cool colors. It was fresh and had a nice morning vibe.

Talia Ryder.

OTTENBERG: There was a jacket that was an octopus that is the kind of thing that I usually wouldn’t like, but I found it really fun.

DARA: The octopus stuff was really cool, those weird hoods, the way it bounces—

OTTENBERG: Made it fun.

JULIAN RIBEIRO: I was into this hiking tote for them because I was like, “This is a proper gay guy in his 30s work bag.”

Baz Luhrmann.

DARA: That’s so who’s going to buy it. Show Mel the gay bag.

RIBEIRO: I would wear this bag because it’s a gay guy’s work bag. Non-derogatory.

OTTENBERG: Gay guys spend money, babe.

DARA: They have a lot of disposable income.

RIBEIRO: And they want to buy bags to go to their little jobs.

DARA: Love the purple suit.

OTTENBERG: They’re doing so many looks to really flex and show off and that’s really fun. It felt free to me. The green coat has great movement.

DARA: Yeah. The green coat kind of looks like rubber and it moves so freaky. And then there were those latex slip dresses.

RIBEIRO: Which were the stars of the show for us.

OTTENBERG: This is a good bag too, the bag with the rubber coat. 

DARA: Yeah, it’s a good tote.

OTTENBERG: I can’t wear this bag, but I understand someone wearing that bag.

DARA: I like those pod-looking fur jackets. They were so freaky, how bottom-heavy they were.

DARA: Who did we see there? We came in hot, saw Hari [Nef]. Hari was in a fab red swing coat dress. We saw Eva Victor and Lucas Hedges. 

OTTENBERG: I was sat between Sandra Bernhard and True Whitaker. True’s so cute. Sandra Bernhard, I’m a little too starstruck to be honest. She’s just such a gag to me.

Antwaun Sargent, Hari Nef, and Edmund Donovan.

DARA: Who made these sculptures?

OTTENBERG: Cosima von Bonin. I really dig them. I think that they were so beautiful.

DARA: Sissy Spacek, icon and legend, was there.

RIBEIRO: Next to Julia Garner. That’s a fierce placement.

Sissy Spacek and Julia Garner.

Ollie Muhl.

Judi Jupiter.

DARA: Oh, and we saw scammer icon, Ollie Muhl. Very fierce.

RIBEIRO: He flew from L.A. for this. It’s like 12 hours. 

DARA: Ollie Muhl, octopus coat, friendship breakups, Loewe. Period.

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Reneé Rapp.

Lights, camera, ready for that action. The Isabel Marant Fall 2026 collection took us from Palais de Tokyo to the club. Backstage after the show, we caught up with supermodel Alex Consani, who told us the vibe was 2010s club girls in New York. Felt that. “Was I pumping too hard?” she asked. NEVER! We always love Isabel Marant for bringing the party at the end of a long day of shows. This time, in front of some flashy stage lights, the girls came through in jackets thrown over their shoulders and messed up, flipped over side parts. The takeaway silhouette of the collection was a blouson jacket, either in leather or denim or nylon, paired with coochie cutters or slim flared jeans and knee-high boots. All in a palette of black, red, blue and sparkly. So sexy. Mona Tougaard closed the show in a shimmering corset top and ripped jeans, truly the party girl uniform of today. On our way out, we caught Reneé Rapp in the infamous sneaker wedge. She told us she has three pairs. I’m jealous.

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Alex Consani.

Mona Tougaard.

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Somewhere in the surreal halls of Hotel Superstar, where Samuel L. Jackson plays concierge to culture’s coolest and Baby Keem hums through the speakers, Tyshawn Jones is kicking back—controller in hand, Starbursts nearby. The 27-year-old New York native and two-time Thrasher Skater of the Year has long transformed downtown sidewalks into his very own world stage. Now, he steps into a new arena as one of adidas Originals’ latest Superstars in the brand’s newest campaign, alongside JENNIE, Olivia Dean, and Kendall Jenner. In this time-warped fantasia, where icons overlap and style is currency, Jones looks right at home. When asked in our questionnaire what never goes out of style, he didn’t miss a beat: “Authenticity.” It’s a fitting mantra for someone who’s built his legacy at full speed.

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What would the Tyshawn suite at Hotel Superstar look like?

Video games and starbursts.

Icons are built. It takes constant resilience.

Authenticity.

When I’m with my friends and family.

50 Cent.

Branzino.

TikTok.

Your brand-new adidas campaign co-stars Kendall Jenner, Samuel L. Jackson, JENNIE, Olivia Dean, Lamine Yamal, and James Harden. Which of them would you bring with you to a deserted island?

Samuel or Kendall.

A sweatsuit.

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Olivia Rodrigo and Oprah Winfrey.

Good morning! It’s Chloé day, so we’re at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to see some very chic Parisienne girls. Mel pumped in with superstar Olivia Rodrigo looking fresh as a daisy in a peach silk slip. She took her seat next to veritable it-girl collaborateur Petra Collins, who was wearing one of the fab floral sets from last season. Next to all of them, in a rare runway appearance, Oprah Winfrey with bestie Gayle King. We asked her when the last time she went to a fashion show. She said 2005. Oprah’s back baby! Fellow American icon Brooke Shields was also in the house and on the moodboard. Creative Director Chemena Kamali has folk fabrics and community on the mind which made for a very cozy collection of fuzzy shearling boots, farm girl floaty ruffled dresses and chunky knit flannels. The girls walked out into a sea of fog like we were on the moors. Iconic Chloé girl Raquel Zimmerman closed the show. A mini yellow sweater dress had me and Collier Schorr gagged. She whispered over to me after a few of the first looks came out, “Girls are gonna love these clothes.” By the looks of the front row, the girls really will.

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Petra Collins.

Dree Hemingway and Sara Moonves.

Olivia Rodrigo and Paris Jackson.

Olivia Rodrigo and Mel Ottenberg.

Brooke Shields.

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Naomi Watts and Lux Pascal.

After a very satisfying bibimbap break, we arrive on the street where Jean Seberg chases after Jean Paul Belmondo, who dies in the last scene of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless. Jean Jean Jean! No jeans on the runway, though. This season, Balmain’s newly appointed creative director showed a collection of sexy black leather and fierce cocktail dresses. Last season was a storm of creative director debuts, and this season it’s Antonin Tron’s turn to impress the industry. Let’s get into the pieces.

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DARA: Okay, Balmain.

MEL OTTENBERG: Balmain has a new designer and his name is Antonin Tron.

DARA: And he used to design at Atlein.

OTTENBERG: What do you think the reference was?

Janice Man.

Balmain

Balmain

DARA: The reference was like hot, bitchy girl with a snatch-back and a braid.

OTTENBERG: It kind of felt like a throwback to the high-fashion indie sleaze era, which was also a pinnacle moment for Christophe Decarnin’s Balmain.

DARA: You know what I gagged on? We were on the street that’s in Breathless, and it was really cool to see Balmain show somewhere more rough—warehouse vibes. Balmain is usually in this giant, grandiose, glamour-pilled situation, and this was very stripped back, very low-key. I was like, “Okay, we’re experiencing something completely different here.”

OTTENBERG: It was kind of Blade Runner–y, an ’80s-does-’40s diva kind thing. Balmain definitely likes a shoulder.

Jeremy Pope.

DARA: Balmain always likes a shoulder.

OTTENBERG: But this is not Olivier Rousteing’s Balmain. She’s a different kind of bitch.

DARA: And she has polka-dot sheer tights, which is very fierce and French.

Hyeri.

OTTENBERG: It was gold, it was black, it was velvet.

DARA: Who was there? You were sat next to Amanda Lear.

OTTENBERG: I did. She was showing me her Reels and I was like, this is amazing—the fact that Amanda Lear is talking to me about this right now.

DARA: You are a lucky, lucky person.

Chaka Khan.

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Rachel Zoe wears Dress and Shoes Balenciaga.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills scene-stealer and OG celebrity stylist reflects on a lifetime of boho, bananas, and bad assistants.

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BEVERLY HILLS

“Luxury and my life for the last 15 years. It’s what people dream of.”

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SPRAY TANS

“I’ve been a real vitamin D person my entire life. Every dermatologist I’ve ever seen screams at me for saying that, but I surrendered to the spray tan almost two years ago because I didn’t want to damage my skin anymore. Now someone comes to my house and sprays me. I just close my eyes and hope I don’t look crazy.”

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DATING

“Really fun. But also, I don’t ‘need a man’ for traditional reasons. I’m financially independent. I’m socially independent. I have my kids. So for me, it’s like, ‘Let’s enjoy life.’ I’m definitely spending time with guys who are younger. It’s mostly creative, energetic, deep-souled people who I connect to.”

Sunglasses Rachel’s Own. Top and Pants Burberry.

STATEMENT NECKLACES

“Essential, a necessity, game-changing. Statement everything all at once.”

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ASSISTANTS

“Triggering. I’ve had the best in the world who are like family, but it also goes the other way. There’s betrayal and dishonesty and all the things. It’s the hardest job to fill, always.”

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FILLERS

“As little as possible. Everyone’s removing them now, but there’s new hyaluronic fillers that are more smoothing and less filling. Bad filler is the worst and great filler—you don’t even notice it’s there.”

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BOYS

“The two I’m raising are my actual earth angels. They’re my north stars and what I think of when I make every decision, even how I dress. I think it will be the greatest achievement of my life once I send them off at 18. I’ll come back to you then and let you know how it all went.”

Vest, Shirt, and Skirt Hermès. Earrings and Bag Rachel’s Own. Ring (worn throughout) Ring Concierge.

MEN

“I come from an incredible family of the greatest men I’ve ever known, from my grandfathers down to my kids and my nephew. But I do think all men are boys. I don’t mean it negatively, but they have a little bit of the Peter Pan thing going on.”

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YM

“My very first and only job I ever had with a boss and an office. I started as a part-time fashion assistant making $75 a day, right out of college. I left there as senior fashion editor, making $23,500 a year. I went freelance when I was 25 and I’ve worked for myself ever since.”

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BOHO

“I’m very bohemian in my soul, and I think it comes out in my style. It’s the overall way I move about my life. If anything feels forced or unnatural, I simply can’t do it. I also don’t wear trends, ever. If minimalism is in, I’m still wearing 15 pieces of jewelry every day.”

Dress and Earrings Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello.

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RED CARPETS

“They defined my career. When a client looked at me and was like, ‘That was a moment. I’ve never felt more beautiful,’ I’d go home and be like, ‘I’ve been up for the last four days dyeing shoes and I may have 103.5 fever right now, but it was worth it.’”

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EXES

“I had quite a few before I got married, and now I have a big ex-husband. We were married for 26 years and I can’t have any regrets because we had a great love story. It didn’t end the way it should, but I would get married again if I fell in love with someone and it meant a lot to them.”

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DIAMONDS

“I have a deep love for them. Divorce rings or independence rings or any diamond you ever want to buy yourself is deserved.”

Dress Chloé. Necklace David Webb. Shoes Rachel’s Own.

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FEDEX

“I have PTSD from having Oscar gowns stuck in a facility in the middle of the country during a storm. But a good priority overnight moment can literally be the winning ticket sometimes. It’s a real love-hate relationship.”

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RUMORS

“Where there’s smoke, there’s fire—most of the time. I’ve also been on the other end of it where the rumors couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s incredibly painful, but with time, wisdom, and experience, you go, ‘Who the fuck cares?’”

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CLEANSES

“I’m pretty sure I’m the only person in this business that doesn’t eat avocados, does not drink green juice, does not do cleanses, and does not work out. I don’t even eat sushi.”

Dress and Ring Gucci.

BRAVO

“The best fans ever.”

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BANANAS

“Will haunt me forever.”

Dress Janet Mandell. Necklace and Bracelet David Webb. Suitcases Rimowa.

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Hair: Niki Rae. 

Makeup: Christina Lee Adams using Dior Beauty. 

Photography Assistant: David Miller.

Fashion Assistant: Hayley Kuniansky.

Production Director: Alexandra Weiss.

Photography Producer: Georgia Ford.

On-set Production: Eppy at Radish Films.

Production Assistant: Karli Tate Gregory.

Production Interns: Ha Chu and Isaac James.

Social Media Assistant: Ashley Hood.

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Adela and Petra Collins.

Mel just landed in Paris, and we’re headed to the Saint Laurent show at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. There’s a full moon, which Mel says means something really crazy but he can’t remember exactly what because the flashing bulbs started and we got distracted by all the celebrities. Time to terrorize famous people! Mog us! Glamour! Diva! François Arnaud walked in looking very handsome in his nylon trench, ultra chic. Then we stood at the door like a welcome committee waiting for who else might arrive. Aidan Zamiri and Rish Shah. It’s a The Moment reunion. Charlotte Gainsbourg rushed past and we didn’t get any face time but we worship nonetheless. Gabbriette in a slit up to there, what a sight. Nadia Lee Cohen, the only girl serving the head-to-toe leather from last season and the only girl who can. Who’s that girl pumping down the walkway in a light green silk nighty? Oh, it’s the gorgeous Petra Collins. Wait, pop’s next big thing, Adéla, is serving us butch queen. We couldn’t stop gagging over Eva Herzigova. Finally, Rosé shut it down and we got to our seats. After the show, we caught up in the car on the way back to the hotel to debrief on all that new Saint Laurent.

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MEL OTTENBERG: First of all, I just want to say I haven’t been to a fashion show in a month. I had a lot of fun with you, terrorizing famous people. This is one of Anthony’s better shows in a while because the suits look really good.

DARA: Yeah, they were really nicely cut, sharp, long, sexy.

OTTENBERG: They look like an investment piece. You should buy one of those suits.

Kate Moss, Rosé, and Zoë Kravitz.

DARA: And you’ll look good in it forever, like Betty Catroux.

OTTENBERG: He’s been doing repetition for a while. This is the best use of repetition that I’ve seen from him because all of the suits looked really powerful. Every time the suit came back, it felt like such a good idea for this exact moment of 2026, right?

DARA: Yeah.

Amelia Gray.

OTTENBERG: And the really sexy lace dresses were great because they’re very naked but not vulgar, somehow.

DARA: Yeah, I love the way they frame the neck when the lace trim is around the bust. And they were all kind of latex-y. They looked like they were dipped in something.

OTTENBERG: Well, there were latex trenches. There was a sort of this Yves Saint Laurent Belle de Jour thing going on. I liked the weird funky fur.

Mel Ottenberg and Nadia Lee Cohen.

DARA: The furs were so big and weird and voluminous. The drop waist on them was kind of surprising because there was the sort of chubby fur that was familiar. And then there’s the bubble skirt version. It had a thirties quality.

François Arnaud.

Loli Bahia.

OTTENBERG: And it probably has a really specific eighties Yves Saint Laurent reference or something. 

DARA: Wait, what’s the Barbara song you were talking about earlier?

OTTENBERG: Oh, it was this Barbara Streisand song, “Prisoner (Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars). Have you seen Eyes of Laura Mars?

Mel Ottenberg, Aidan Zamiri, and Rish Shah.

DARA: Oh, yes. Incredible. The makeup was quite Eyes of Laura Mars.

OTTENBERG: You’re right. There’s like a seventies disco fantasy thing going on a la Sandy Linter. 

DARA: Faye Dunaway could tear it up in some of those clothes.

OTTENBERG: Maybe it was about a New York late seventies cosmopolitan woman.

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Tommy Doherty wears Vest Moncler. Shirt Boss. Jeans Celine. Bag The Society Archive. Watch Rolex. Shoes Loro Piana.

Every generation is fascinated by (and maybe a little suspicious of) the new kids on The Street. What motivates these baby-faced New Yorkers besides their bank accounts? We don’t have the answers, but a few hard workers we cast from LinkedIn might. For our March issue, four of the finest guys in finance tell us how they stay after it. 

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TOMMY DOHERTY, 25

Associate Vice President

Shirt, Sunglasses, and Tie Saint Laurent By Anthony Vaccarello. Watch Rolex.

What do you do?

I work in foreign exchange sales and trading.

How many hours a week do you work?

50–55.

Where do you live?

TriBeCa.

What’s the most you’ve spent on something stupid?

A few thousand on a work desk for my apartment. I’ve never worked from home before.

What’s your financial advice?

Know your risk tolerance and have a well-diversified portfolio.

Where do you eat?

Benvenuto Cafe in TriBeCa is a great late-night place. My other favorites are Monkey Bar, The Odeon, and Soothr.

Where do you go out?

The West Village, TriBeCa, and SoHo. More likely than not I’m somewhere on Hudson St.

Where do you take dates?

I like going to a cocktail bar or grabbing coffee. Sometimes a Sunday stroll on the WSH [West Side Highway] too.

How many hours of sleep do you get?

Eight.

What clubs do you belong to?

The New York Athletic Club.

What’s your drink of choice?

Dirty vodka martini with extra olives.

Where do you go out after work?

There are a handful of places near the office, but I like going to Hudson Hound or Barrow Street Ale House for Thursday Night Football.

What apps are you on?

Raya.

How many vests do you own?

I’d say five to 10.

What is your idea of hell?

Going to any ticketed event for SantaCon.

Where do you work out and how often?

The New York Athletic Club, four to five times a week. If I’m not lifting, I really like to sauna/steam/cold plunge there.

When do you crash?

Usually around 9pm on the weeknights, since I’m in the office quite early.

What do you love about New York?

The energy and opportunities, Prospect Park, Puffy’s [Tavern] for college or NFL football, the NYAC roof in the summer, New York Rangers games, and Marathon Sunday.

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MASON CLARKE, 24

Investment Banking Analyst

Mason Clarke wears Suit, Shirt, and Belt Celine. Tie Hermès. Watch Omega. Notebook and Bag Montblanc.

What do you do?

Entertainment investment banking—advising film, music, media, and hospitality companies.

Where do you live?

FiDi.

What’s the most you’ve spent on something stupid?

$200+ on an Uber from LaGuardia Airport.

What’s your financial advice?

Live below your means, invest early, and don’t build the lifestyle before you build the foundation.

Where do you eat?

I prefer to eat home-cooked meals but enjoy trying new Italian or sushi restaurants around the city.

Where do you go out?

SoHo, West Village.

Where do you take dates?

My girlfriend and I have recently tried La Tête d’Or, Misi, and Sake No Hana.

How many hours of sleep do you get?

Five to six on a good night.

Have you ever cried at work?

No.

What clubs do you belong to?

The Program, Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy.

What’s your drink of choice?

Chianti.

Where do you go out after work?

Home to recharge.

Suit, Shirt, and Belt Celine. Tie Hermès. Watch Omega. Notebook and Bag Montblanc.

How do you handle stress?

Working out and listening to music.

What apps are you on?

Whoop.

What’s your most expensive mistake?

Missing the Amtrak train home for Christmas.

How many vests do you own?

Unfortunately, only one.

What is your idea of heaven?

Financial freedom, a strong mind and body, and a life surrounded by the people I love.

What is your idea of hell?

Mediocrity.

How do you stay fit?

Lifting, running, wrestling, and jiu-jitsu.

Where do you work out and how often?

I work out with a fitness group called “The Program” at various gyms across the city, five to six days a week.

When do you crash?

When my Excel freezes at 3 AM.

What motivates you?

Taking care of the people I love.

How do you waste time?

Compulsively organizing things that don’t need to be organized.

What do you love about New York?

The energy, hustle, and grit. It makes you sharper.

What do you hate about New York?

The rats.

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DEMARRE JOHNSON‚ 23

Financial Services Data, Tech, & AI Analyst

Demarre Johnson wears Jacket Giorgio Armani. Shirt Boss. Pants Dior. Tie Hermès. Watch Bvlgari.

What do you do?

I help major banks and other Fortune 100 firms become more efficient through AI and technology.

How many hours a week do you work?

On a good week? Maybe 55. On a bad week? Lord knows.

Where do you live?

Lower East Side, but I’m from Oak Cliff, Dallas.

What’s the most you’ve spent on something stupid?

I bought a painting for $1400 that is simply a bunch of lines.

What’s your financial advice?

Own it when you need it, rent it when you want it.

What’s your take on crypto?

I see crypto how I see AI. Everyone wants to use it but no one really knows how to maximize it yet.

Where do you eat?

When I’m in the office I shoot for Cava, Chipotle, Jollibee. If I’m in my neighborhood, Empanada Mama or 7th Street Burger. If I’m feeling fancy, Fogo de Chão.

Where do you go out?

Damballa, Elsewhere, and Brooklyn Storehouse, although I love a good night at Wiggle Room, The Ripple Room, Record Room [LIC]—any place ending in “room” has my name all over it.

Where do you take dates?

Art galleries where the wine is free, and then TAO Downtown afterwards.

How many hours of sleep do you get?

Six or seven.

Demarre Johnson wears Jacket Giorgio Armani. Shirt Boss. Pants Dior. Tie Hermès. Watch Bvlgari. Mason Clarke wears Loro Piana. Shirt Dsquared2. Tie Amiri. Watch Rolex.

Have you ever cried at work?

I force myself not to, but early on I used to take feedback personally instead of constructively.

What clubs do you belong to?

I’m in the PwC Run Club and I participate in the corporate basketball league. Outside of work I’m a Nupe, a spring ’22 initiate of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.

What’s your drink of choice?

Old fashioned is my go-to but Guinness if I’m with co-workers.

Where do you go out after work?

The sauna to decompress, or Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge for happy hour.

What apps are you on?

X to keep up with the markets, TikTok to distract me from my CPA studying, and Duolingo because I have my first trip to Paris soon.

How many vests do you own?

I have approximately six vests and seven Vineyard Vines quarter zips.

What is your idea of heaven?

An art gallery with top-shelf wine, strawberry matcha, live jazz, and landscape portraits inside an all-you-can eat sushi buffet with all my kinfolk.

What is your idea of hell?

Not making my family proud.

How do you stay fit?

Running 5Ks and half marathons, weightlifting, and biking home.

When do you crash?

When I don’t have a good routine.

What motivates you?

Making my younger self proud and inspiring people to chase their dreams, no matter their circumstances.

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CLAY NELSON‚ 25

Global Banking & Markets Associate

Clay Nelson wears Suit and Shirt Tom Ford. Glasses Mykita. Tie Hermès. Bag The Society Archive. Shoes Dior.

What do you do?

Equities sales and trading, specifically equity swaps and custom baskets.

How many hours a week do you work?

55.

Where do you live?

West Village.

What’s the most you’ve spent on something stupid?

$3k on a Moncler jacket I definitely didn’t need.

What’s your financial advice?

Start investing early. Even if it’s as simple as buying the S&P 500, it’s important to get your money in the market.

What’s your take on crypto?

Not allowed to trade it, but the crypto market is a bit too volatile for my liking.

Where do you eat?

L’Artusi, Semma, Don Angie.

Where do you go out?

People’s, BOOM at The Standard Hotel, Paul’s Casablanca.

Where do you take dates?

Jac’s on Bond, Bar Pisellino, or Mace.

How many hours of sleep do you get?

Six to seven.

Have you ever cried at work?

Thankfully not.

What’s your drink of choice?

Dirty vodka martini.

Where do you go out after work?

The bars near my office are so corporate and stale, I usually try to escape back to the West Village as fast as possible.

Suit and Shirt Tom Ford. Glasses Mykita. Tie Hermès. Bag The Society Archive. Shoes Dior.

How do you handle stress?

Running, lifting, and playing piano.

What apps are you on?

Just Hinge.

What’s your most expensive mistake?

Started investing in the stock market in early 2020, right before COVID hit.

How many vests do you own?

Only four.

What is your idea of heaven?

A continuous DJ set, everybody dancing and having the time of their lives.

What is your idea of hell?

Double floor at Barry’s.

Where do you work out and how often?

Equinox, Barry’s, and West Side Highway runs. I work out five to six days a week.

What motivates you?

I am innately curious and love to learn. I am always motivated by a challenge.

What do people get wrong about you?

I am very analytical, but I have a creative side that I express through music. I have played piano since I was five years old.

How do you waste time?

Doomscrolling on Instagram.

What do you love about New York?

There is such a dynamic mix of people here. There’s opportunity in every setting, whether you’re at a coffee shop, in a business meeting, or at a nightclub. You never know who you are going to meet.

What do you hate about New York?

It feels like you have to tap your card just to leave your apartment.

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Models: Tommy Doherty, Mason Clarke, Demarre Johnson, and Clay Nelson

Grooming: Brian Magallones using Oribe at Tracey Mattingly Agency

Fashion Assistants: Jack Lumsden and Ethan Bodine

Production Director: Alexandra Weiss 

Photography Producer: Georgia Ford  

Production Intern: Isaac James

Location: The Original Delmonico’s

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Paul Anthony Kelly.

No white box?! We arrived to the Tuileries Garden expecting the usual: a minimal box set in the middle of the park which houses the grand Christian Dior fashion show. This season, newly appointed Jonathan Anderson has made another big change. He got rid of the box and built a greenhouse above the lily pad pond. It looked like being in a Claude Monet painting, but the glass box quickly heated up and turned it into a hot and heavy sauna.

Things got even hotter when Paul Anthony Kelly strolled in dressed like a very sexy aviator. The girls were hounding the heartthrob! Swoon! Anya Taylor-Joy brought a rose to match her dress. Charlize Theron descended in like a Dior Darth Vader in a strict bob and thigh high stockings. J’adore! Emily Ratajkowski rubbed elbows with Macaulay Culkin. Worlds collide. For his second ready to wear collection, Anderson started off with a bang. Fluffy skirts started bouncing down the bridge. Paired with draped bar jackets, he mostly reiterated what’s become his new Dior signature. A casual mix of the avant garde with some very regal regency. Everything looked bouncy and light. Lots of lace and trims and jewels. A total embrace of pretty! We clapped, wicked the sweat and hurried to the doors for fresh air. Whew!

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Emily Ratajkowski and Macaulay Culkin.

Ever Anderson, Deva Cassel, and Willow Smith.

Deva Cassel.

Alexa Chung.

Jisoo.

Beka Gvishiani.

Dara.

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 All photos courtesy of Miyako Bellizzi.

If you, like the rest of us, were gobsmacked by the rich, period-specific costuming in Marty Supreme, you should thank costume designer Miyako Bellizzi, who worked with everyone from Jay-Z and The Weeknd to Johnnie Walker and Nike before helping the Safdie brothers bring Good Time and Uncut Gems to life. It was no surprise, then, that her Marty Supreme fits nabbed the California native her very first Oscar nomination. To celebrate, Versace convened Bellizzi’s closest friends—Jen Brill, Sophie Buhai, Ricky Saiz, Synmia Rosine, and Marty star Odessa A’zion, among others—for an intimate dinner at Ètra in Los Angeles last week to celebrate. But don’t stress if you didn’t get the invite: Bellizzi, decked out in the brand’s latest collection, wrote up a photo diary of the evening, just for us.

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Started the day at the Versace store on Rodeo and I felt exactly like Nomi in Showgirls.

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Found my perfect dress for the night.

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Made a pit stop on the way to dinner to visit my costumes at Japan House and speak on a panel with the legendary Jack Fisk! (Mulholland Drive!)

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My heart smiled as soon as the door flew open and my feet hit the pavement. I’d arrived to a room of the most special friends in my life. My family. Like Leif!! Fun fact, we lived together for a decade in NYC and everyone always 1) thought we were dating and 2) thought he was Joaquin Phoenix. I played it cool and always said yes when they asked

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How chic!

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Joe tried on Jodie’s leather and it was an absolute hit.

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Adrien and Jen being the always and forever cool kids that they are.

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Footsies with Queenie.

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MY girls!!

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Odessa giving me an eskimo kiss ah I love her so much!

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My girls since day one, Judy and Amanda!

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We love a watch moment.

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Me and my sweet pea!!

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My brother, my family. Ricky! And lovely Lou of course xx

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Got caught spilling the tea. Judging from that finger it was good tea too.

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My best friend, my sister, Synmia.

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The speech.

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Synmia and her cutie red!

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When my friends hype my up.

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Just me and my birthday twin.

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David coming through with the elite photography equipment. HE knows how to take care of the girls.

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Last photo, last cigarette of the night!

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Dara wears Polos and Jeans Tommy Hilfiger. Shoes Vans.

Our fashion director tries on the snappiest looks of the season.

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TOMMY HILFIGER

“High School Musical is turning 20 this year, so it’s probably safe to break out the layered polos again.”

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Jacket, Shirt, and Briefs Loewe. Bag Stylist’s Own. Shoes Sebago.

LOEWE

“This sculptural shirt dress is quintessential preppy layering without all the fuss.”

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Jacket and Shorts Balenciaga. Shoes Vans.

BALENCIAGA

“Preppy, but with couture proportions.”

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Top, Skirt, Scarf, and Shoes Miu Miu. Notebooks and Pen Montblanc.

MIU MIU

“Silicon Valley has officially usurped the valley girl, and we’re taking notes.”

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Jacket, Top, Pants, and Glasses Coach. Visor Stylist’s Own.

COACH

“Our prep is drunk at the country club! Pro tip: We suggest clear drinks when wearing summer whites.”

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Jacket, Shirt, Pants, Tie, and Belt Celine.

CELINE

“Preps love a classic color combo and so do yuppies. Feeling very James Spader in this sharp and sexy suit from Michael Rider.”

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Vest and Polo Canada Goose. Jeans and Sunglasses Stylist’s Own. Belt Celine.

CANADA GOOSE

“The younger set has redefined prep with pink and pastels. Think less Ivy League, more Stanley Cup. Throw it back with a popped collar.”

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Jacket and Shorts Prada.

PRADA

“Mrs. P and Raf wrapped a utility jacket in the pique polo to make a hybrid shirt-jacket-something. Incredible!”

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Sweater, Shirt, and Pants Burberry Shoes Jude.

BURBERRY

“My daddy’s a lawyer! Prep is all about pedigree, so you’ve got to think heritage, like Burberry.”

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Jacket, Shirt, Shorts, Tie, Socks, and Shoes Valentino.

VALENTINO

“A talent for tennis is of utmost importance. If you lack that, a great pair of shorts will do.”

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Shirt and Shoes Chanel. Sunglasses Stylist’s Own.

CHANEL

“Risky business! This is a great look for a walk of shame, especially if your lover wears Charvet.”

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Sweater and Pants Loewe.

LOEWE

“Tying a sweater around your shoulders is a classic styling trick for the changing seasons. This wired top is saucy and sexy—no shirt necessary!

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